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CONVOY HX 289
Advance Sailing Telegram gives departure New York on Apr. 26-1944, A. Hague gives Apr. 27 - arrived Liverpool on May 13.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 130 ships in this convoy.
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Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
MOWT = Ministry of War Transport A 1 form is not available and, therefore, the station numbers are not known. For info, some of the ships mentioned in this convoy later joined Convoy JW 59 to Russia (Aug.-1944). See my Arctic Convoys page for returning convoy, as well as this external site. |
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Ship
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Nationality
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Cargo
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Destination
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Remarks
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Kent
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British
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refrig. - general
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Liverpool
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–
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Samholt
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Eros
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"
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refrig.
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Liverpool
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–
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Fort Louisbourg
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"
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grain - general
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Hull
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–
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F. J. Wolfe
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"
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Tanker B
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Avonmouth
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From HX 287
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Empire Abbey
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"
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refrig. - general
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Liverpool
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From HX 288
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Empire Flint
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"
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Tanker B
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Stanlow
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–
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"
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steel - lumber
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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Listed in HX 291
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British Glory
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"
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Tanker B
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Stanlow
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Returned to New York
Listed in HX 290 |
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San Ambrosio
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Londonderry / Belfast
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–
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"
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Tanker W
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Grangemouth
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Listed in HX 291
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British Gratitude
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"
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Tanker W
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Bowling
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–
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British Prestige
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"
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Adm. tanker W
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Loch Ewe for Iceland
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(See also RU 120)
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Diplodon
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"
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Tanker B
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Birkenhead
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–
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Empire Beresford
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"
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Tanker W
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Humber
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Returned to New York
Listed in HX 290 |
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Empire Inventor
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"
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Tanker W
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Clyde / Humber (Killingholme?)
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–
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Empire Traveller
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"
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Tanker W
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Humber (Saltend)
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–
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Nassarius
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"
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Tanker W
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Stanlow
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–
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Empire Plover
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"
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sugar
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Liverpool
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(Listed as Janelew in some earlier convoys on this site)
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Cape Sable
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"
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sugar
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Greenock
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–
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Fort Ticonderoga
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"
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sugar
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London
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–
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"
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lumber - general
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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Listed in HX 290
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Tekoa
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"
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refrig. - general
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Liverpool
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–
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Tureby
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Danish (MOWT 1940?)
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general
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Barry Dock
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–
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Lechistan
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Polish
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Fernwood
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*
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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| *The tonnage for this ship is given as 1892 gt in the Advance Sailing Telegram, which was the British Fernwood (built 1923), but when going to a document showing the Norwegian Fernwood's voyages at this time, we see that the information matches up with this ship. See Fernwood. | ||||
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Pan Scandia
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Swansea
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–
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Morgenen
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"
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Tanker B
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Mersey / Manchester
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–
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"
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Tanker B
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Dingle
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From HX 288
Listed in HX 290 |
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Belinda
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"
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Tanker B
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Manchester
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–
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Ferncourt
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"
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Tanker B
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Mersey / Manchester
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–
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Skaraas
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"
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Clyde
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Listed in HX 290
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Joseph William Polk*
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American
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general
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Manchester
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–
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| * Mis-spelling of Joseph W Folk? | ||||
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Augustus Saint Gaudens
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"
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sulphur - general
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Liverpool
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–
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Kielce
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Polish
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sulphur
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Garston
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–
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"
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sulphur
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Mersey
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Listed in HX 290
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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American
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Clark Howell
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"
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general
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Leith Dock
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–
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Edward L. Grant
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"
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general
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Liverpool / Manchester
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–
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Benjamin Holt
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Billy Sunday
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Cyrus T. Brady
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Artigas
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Panamanian
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general
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Immingham
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–
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John LaFarge
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American
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Philip Livingston
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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John H. Murphy
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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Listed in HX 290
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Frederick H. Newell
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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James Fenimore Cooper
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Cleveland Abbe
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Fluor Spar
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"
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general
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Immingham
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–
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Schoharie
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"
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general
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Middlesbrough
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–
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Santa Marta
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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–
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Katrina Luckenbach
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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El Oceano
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Panamanian
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Walter A. Luckenbach
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American
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Illinoian
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"
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general
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Hull
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–
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Susan Colby
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"
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general
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Tyne
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–
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Montgomery City
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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–
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Backhuysen
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Dutch
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Tanker W
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London (Purfleet)
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–
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Stephen Johnson Field
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American
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Abner Nash
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"
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general
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Swansea
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–
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Sebastian Viscaino
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"
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general
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Birkenhead
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–
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"
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general
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Mersey
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Listed in HX 290
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Florence Martus
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Theodore Parker
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"
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general
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Sunderland
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–
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Charles Robinson
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Salmon P. Chase
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Paul Hamilton Hayne
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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"
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general
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Mersey
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Listed in HX 290
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John Chandler
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"
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general
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Newport
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–
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Howard E. Coffin
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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John McKinley
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Robert Lowry
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"
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general
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Swansea
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–
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John Paul Jones
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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–
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Listed in HX 290
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Listed in HX 290
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Maria Mitchell
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"
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general
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Swansea
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–
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Abner Doubleday
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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From HX 288
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Robert Fechner
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"
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general
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Immingham
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–
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Earl Layman
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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William Dean Howells
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"
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general
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Hull
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–
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William R. Day
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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"
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general
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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Listed in HX 290
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Hanley
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"
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general
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London
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–
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"
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Tanker W
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Heysham
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–
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Thomas F. Cunningham
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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"
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Tanker W
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Mersey f. o.
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–
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Albert G. Brown
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"
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Tanker B
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Dingle
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–
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William E. Pendleton
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"
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Tanker W
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Swansea
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–
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Clyde
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Listed in HX 290
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Joseph Goldberger
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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Willard Hall
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 288
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Skotaas
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Norwegian
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Adm. tanker B
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Clyde / Scapa
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From HX 288
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Alan-A-Dale
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Panamanian
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general
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Cardiff
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From HX 288
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Owen Wister
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American
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 288
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Mobile City
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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From HX 288
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Edward Everett
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"
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general
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Newport
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From HX 288
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Samuel Blatchford
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"
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general
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Birkenhead
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From HX 288
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Joseph R. Lamur
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 288
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Torborg
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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London (Shellhaven)
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From HX 288
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British
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lumber - lead
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Immingham
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From HX 288
Listed in HX 290 |
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Charles A. McAllister
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American
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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Blue Jacket
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"
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refrig. - general - mail 700
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Liverpool
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From CU 22
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Joseph A. Brown
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"
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general - mail 1000
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Liverpool
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–
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George Rogers Clark
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"
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general
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Immingham
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–
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Mauna Kea
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Joining from Halifax - Sailed Apr. 28 (29?)
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Fort Lajoie
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British
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steel - timber
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Methil f. o. (London)
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From HX 288
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High Park
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"
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flour - general
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Tyne
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From HX 288
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Delilian
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"
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general - flour - meat
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Liverpool
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–
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Fort Covington
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"
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steel - lumber
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Methil f. o. (London)
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–
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Rideau Park
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"
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general - metal - grain
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Tyne
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–
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Dromore
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"
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general - flour - metal
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Manchester
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–
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Manchester Trader
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"
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grain - metal
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Manchester
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–
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Corrales
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"
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general - meat - metal
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London
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From HX 288
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Swedish
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sugar
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Liverpool
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Empire Ortolan
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British
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steel - pulp
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London
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(Listed as Labette in some earlier convoys on this site)
From HX 288 |
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Empire MacCallum
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"
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(MAC) grain
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Belfast f. o. (Liverpool)
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–
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Tetela
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"
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general - meat - metal
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London
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–
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Empire MacColl
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"
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(MAC) Tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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Empire MacRae
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"
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(MAC) grain
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Liverpool
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–
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Augustus S. Merrimon
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American
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Alexander Martin
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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–
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Benjamin H. Grierson
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"
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general
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Swansea
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–
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Blenheim
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"
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general - lumber
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Milford Haven f. o. (London)
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–
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Cairnvalona
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British
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grain - meat - general
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Tyne
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–
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Chignecto Park
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"
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pulp
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Rochester
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–
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Charles Dauray
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American
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general
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Hull
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–
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David B. Johnson
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"
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general - grain
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London
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–
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Edwin L. Drake
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"
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general - grain - lumber
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Avonmouth
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–
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Edwin W. Moore
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"
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general
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Hull
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–
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"
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general
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Barry Roads f. o.
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Listed in HX 290
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Elijah Kellogg
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Edmund Fanning
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"
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general
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Newport
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–
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Georgian
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"
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general
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Bromborough
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–
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Gatineau Park
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British
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grain - general - mail
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Manchester
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–
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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American
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Henry Middleton
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"
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general
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Bromborough
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–
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Manchester Port
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British
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steel - newsprint
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London
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–
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Moveria
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"
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general - meat
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Glasgow
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–
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Rufus C. Dawes*
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American
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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| * This ship is listed as Rulus C. Dawes at the Liberty Ships website. | ||||
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Riverdale Park
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British
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general - flour
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Manchester
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–
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British Freedom
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"
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Tanker B
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Milford Haven f. o. (Portsmouth)
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From HX 288
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| Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Aboyne - see Notes below (not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegram) | ||||
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Joining from St. John's, N.F. - Sailed Apr. 30
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Riverview Park
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British
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general
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Manchester
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From HX 288
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Joining from Sydney, C. B.
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Margarita Chandris
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Greek
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grain
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Leith Dock
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–
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Alder Park
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British
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Rodsley
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"
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paper
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Methil f. o. (London)
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–
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Ann Stathatos
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Greek
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none given
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Belfast Dock
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–
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Whiteshell Park
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British
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none given
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Liverpool
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–
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Notes: Commodore's notes are not available - escorts not known. The Rescue Vessel Aboyne was on her 4th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Apr. 7-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 231, to Halifax Apr. 22, then returned to Clyde with Convoy HX 289, Apr. 29-May 14 ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague). All the Norwegian ships in this convoy are discussed on this website - use alphabet index below to find them. Related external links: Empire Ships - Also listed in alphabetical order. The site also has a section listing the "Sam"-ships, and other Liberty ships, some of which came under the British flag. Eastbound N. Atlantic Convoys / 1944 To the next HX convoy in my list HX 290 |
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